In the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, _________

question 9

Multiple Choice

In the Tuskegee syphilis study, _________.

• A)participants were informed of the nature of their disease
• B)participants were treated with penicillin when it became available in the mid-1940s
• C)participants included African-American farmers in Alabama at different economic levels
• D)while treatments were initially suspended when results were unimpressive, study of the progress of the disease continued until participants died
• E)the study itself was halted before it was exposed by the press

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